Pizza with Potatoes and Bacon
The favorite pizza in my family..
Basic pizza dough
The following ingredients are for one pizza, or half the dough
recipe:
2 small potatoes
3-1/2 oz pancetta (unsmoked bacon)
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
1/2 cup Italian mozzarella
1 medium white onion
1 cup canned tomatoes
3 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp. dry oregano (optional)
salt to taste
olive oil to grease
1. Slice the onion very thinly.
2. In a large sauce pan over medium heat, sauté onions in 2 Tbsp. oil until tender. Add a little water if they get to dry.
3. Meanwhile boil the potatoes in salted water. Once cooked peel them and cut them into cubes.
4. Cut the pancetta into strips and cook it until it is a bit crunchy and the fat melts away.
5. Preheat the oven to 450°.
6. Grease a baking sheet approximately 15 " X 11" with olive oil. I use a regular rectangular baking sheet, but if you want to use a round pan the equivalent should be about a 14" pizza pan. Then flatten half the dough using your fingers or a rolling pin. It'll be thin as an Italian pizza should be.
7. Mix the canned tomatoes with a pinch of salt and 1 Tbsp. oil and spread them over the pizza crust.
8. Bake for about 15 min. and then add the pancetta, potatoes, cheeses and oregano. Bake for another 10 minutes or until done.
Notes:
Be careful with the salt since the pancetta is salty.
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